Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1887-11-09
LOCAL BREYITIES.
Teachers Institute to-day.
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Teachers Institute to-day.
Newcastle is to have newspaper.
| The overland was twenty minutes lat,
last evening
Two carloads of fruit went East last nigh
| on the overland.
Yolo County Teachers Institute com.
menced yesterday.
Woodland is to have an iron foundry
and wooden mill.
The steamer Dover came down from the
upper Sacramento yesterday morning.
The joint Councils of Chosen Friends in
this city will give an entertainment and
dance at Turner Hall Thursday evening.
Phil Wyckoff lost the end of his right
index finger at the planning mill in Wood
land, on Monday, by being struck by q
sticker."
1t is stated that Governor Waterman, on
his return next Saturday, will reappoint all
officials recently reported as having failed
to qualify.
Mrs. Jennie C. Conran has received from
Unity Lodge. American Legion of Honor,
$1,000, in payment of insurance on the life
of her late husband, John Conran
In the Harlan murder case yesterday the
eleventh juror was obtained in the person
of A. J. Townsend, of Woodland 1t is
thought the twelfth juryman will be OBJ
tanned to-day.
The Secretary of War has written to
Governor Waterman, authorizing him to
make reQuisition upon the United States
Arsenal at Benicia for 10000 rounds rifle
ball cartridges.
Some time ago the Chinese were run out
of Truckee. The soiled linen of the Truck
eeites is now washed in this city, and the
proprietors of the local wash houses are
correspondingly happy.
Cache Creek has not been so low for
many years as at the present time. The
water has stopped running in many places,
and one can now walk across the bed OF
that stream without wetting the shoe soles.
Bell & Co., auctioneers. yesterday sold on
the premises the east 10 feet of the west
half of the north half of lot 4, in the block
bounded by J and K, Second and Third
streets, with the improvements thereon.
n. Zemansky was the purchaser, and the
price paid 81 500.
The average signal service temperature
yesterday was 570, being 10 warmer tn N
the normal for that day. The highest and
lowest temperatures were 10 and 40, with
light, variable winds, mostly northerly, and
weather clear. There was a rain-storm
yesterday extending from Olympia to Rose
burg, Oregon, near the California State line.
The pigeon shoot at Agricultural Park
next Sunday, between the Pacific and For
esters will be an interesting contest. Fifty
men will participate, and each one will
shoot at twelve birds. They will use ground
traps, thirty yards rise, and the match will
be governed by Hurlingha'n rules. The
defeated club is to pay for a Thanksgiving
dinner for all hands.
Contracts for furnishing the State Print
ing Office and Bindery with supplies have
been awarded as follows: Paper-Blake,
Moffatt e. Towne. Cloth and leather and
bindery material-Hicks & Judd. Tar
board and ink-Cunningham, Curtiss and
WEIGH. The contracts were awarded under
the supervision of the State Board of Ex-
aminers and State Printer.
The following is the report of Junction
School District-deportmen and scholar
ship-for the month ending November
4th, Ada Syphus, teacher: Sidney Allen
Sc, S5 Lewis Bundock, SO, Sc; Albert
Brown, rs, So; Denis Doyle, so, So 1rvie
McMullen, 81, 90; Andy Lane, rs, GO;
Mary Brown, 80, 80; Fanny Ferguson, So,
so; Nellie Ferguson, So, 81 Ida McMul-
len, 50, 81; Winnie McMullen, SO, 80;
Victoria Farria, 81, rs; Sienta Farria, So,
So; Annie Hackney, 81, SO; Nellie Brown,
100, 90.
In speaking of Old Mud Springs" the
Placerville Observer says: Ell Dorado is
lively town. 1t seems that the railroad
graders have by the use of an immense
amount of powder shaken new life into
the people. Everybody owning an old
building in the place is having it repaired
and painted. New residences are going up,
additional business houses are being
opened, and everything presents a pros
porous appearance. But Notwithstanding
all this, choice fruit land there can be had
at low figure.